The election campaign ended late at night. On Wednesday (May 8), Kaunia and Pirgacha upazila parishad elections of Rangpur will be held. In these two upazilas, 27 people are fighting for three positions including the chairman. Out of these 27 candidates, 21 are in various posts of Awami League. On the contrary, in Pirgacha Upazila, there were three Jatiya Party candidates for three positions, but they did not take the plow symbol. Selecting individual symbols. Jatiya Party does not have a single candidate in Kaunia.

Analysts say that since Awami League has more than one candidate, the level of influence and violence will increase. Others will take advantage of the gap. In addition to the open dispute between the local Awami League for a long time, many people also think that the effect of the murder of former commerce minister Tipu Munshi during the Eid greeting ceremony may have an impact on the election results.

According to the information received from the Election Commission, tension has been prevailing since the beginning of the upazila elections in Kaunia. Among the 13 candidates in the field here, 10 are from Awami League. Among them, both the current chairman and vice chairman candidates are heavyweight candidates of Awami League.

It is known that two of the three who are in the field for the post of upazila chairman in Kaunia are heavyweight candidates of Awami League. A current Upazila Chairman and Upazila Awami League President Anwarul Islam Maya. The other is Zilla Parishad member and vice chairman Abdur Razzak. There is an open dispute between them. Even then, they hope for party support for themselves. In contrast is independent tax lawyer Humayun Kabir Mukul. He wants to reduce the weight of heavyweights.

Among the 6 people running for the post of vice chairman in this upazila are Mahmudul Hasan Pintu Kaunia Upazila Volunteer League Joint Editor, Manjudar Rahman Milan District Farmers League member, Sushant Sarkar Upazila Chhatra League former president and Shafikul Islam and Jahangir Kabir are leaders of Awami League affiliated organizations. Another Ganesh Kumar is from the Communist Party of Bangladesh.

Among the four who are in the field for the position of female vice chairman, Selina Khatun is the vice-president of Upazila Mahila League, Roshan Ara is the former secretary of women's affairs of Upazila Awami League and Rabeya Begum is also the leader of Mahila Awami League. And Angura Khatun is the current female vice chairman.

Election monitoring and analysis organization Citizens for Good Governance (Sujan) says that the two Awami League leaders who are candidates for the chairmanship in Kaunia are divided into two camps. Not only that, one side is the plaintiff and the other side is the defendant in the murder of the former commerce minister at the Eid greetings exchange event. Even though the party investigation committee, the dispute has not been resolved yet. Therefore, there is ongoing tension with the field environment around this election. The administration should challenge and make the elections fair.

According to the information available from the Election Office, voting will be held in 517 permanent and 18 temporary polling stations out of 93 polling stations in 63 wards of one municipality and 6 unions. The number of voters here is 2 lakh 40 thousand 543 including two hijras. Among them, 1 lakh 509 male voters and 1 lakh 4 thousand 32 female voters.

On the other hand, 10 of the 14 candidates who are fighting for three positions in the Pirgacha upazila election are from Awami League. Three from Jatiya Party and one from BNP. Although open, no one took the party symbol. Although there are multiple candidates, Awami League does not see any problem in winning. And Jatiya Party is dreaming of victory with the advantage of having multiple candidates.

Among the four chairman candidates in the Pirgacha upazila elections, three are the first-line leaders of Awami League. Taslim Uddin Chowdhury President of Upazila Awami League, Abdullah Al Milon General Secretary, Manowarul Islam Masud former Acting President of Central Parliament of Chhatra League.

Here the nomination of joint general secretary Ariful Haque Milan is valid but he has withdrawn. Against this is Jatiya Party president and current upazila chairman Abu Nacher Shah. Mahbubar Rahman. Awami League leader Milon has various reasons for winning the election with the demand of a large part of the leaders and activists, including being a candidate in the past. Besides the advantage of having multiple candidates, Japa candidate Mahbub hopes to win on his corruption-free image.

Among the 4 people in the field as vice chairman Shah Md. Sharekh Khandkar is the Joint General Secretary of Joy Upazila Swachhasevak League and Zafar Iqbal is the Organizing Secretary of Upazila Awami League. Also, Abdur Rahim is the former upazila joint convener of Jatiya Chhatra Samaj and Farhad Hossain Anu is the upazila joint convener of BNP.

5 out of the 6 candidates for the post of women vice chairpersons are leaders of different levels including the top of the Upazila Women's Awami League. They are - Sharmin Akhtar, Israt Jahan, Zarina Begum, Tanzina Afroz and Mahmuda Khatun. Here too, the single candidate of the Jatiya Party is Rehena Begum, the women's affairs secretary of the party's Peergacha branch.

Khandkar Fakhrul Anam Benju, Rangpur Metropolitan President of Citizens for Good Governance (SUJAN), an election analyst organization, said that since there are several candidates of Awami League in open local elections, others will take advantage.

According to the election office, 2 lakh 81 thousand 698 voters, including three hijras, will vote in 760 rooms of 113 permanent and 70 temporary centers in Pirgacha upazila. Among them there are 1 lakh 39 thousand 167 male and 1 lakh 42 thousand 528 female voters.